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A portion of the gold plates was sealed as depicted in the rendering here. Image via lds.org
2 Nephi 27:10
KnoWhy #53
March 14, 2016
Why Would a Book Be Sealed?
Eight Witnesses View the Book of Mormon Plates by Dale Kilbourn
2 Nephi 27:12–13
KnoWhy #54
March 15, 2016
Who Are the "Few" Who Were Permitted to See the Plates?
Image by Book of Mormon Central. Features The Prophet Joseph Smith by Alvin Gittins via the LDS Media Library
2 Nephi 27:13
KnoWhy #399
January 16, 2018
Is It Possible That a Single Author Wrote the Book of Mormon?
Image of Lucy Mack Smith via LDS Church History
2 Nephi 27:14
KnoWhy #379
November 7, 2017
How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith's Testimony of the Book of Mormon?
“Mary Whitmer and Moroni” by Robert T. Pack
2 Nephi 27:14
KnoWhy #455
August 2, 2018
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
Martin Harris pageant via lds.org
2 Nephi 27:15
KnoWhy #291
March 24, 2017
How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
Martin Harris visiting Charles Anthon via lds.org
2 Nephi 27:15
KnoWhy #514
May 7, 2019
Why Did Martin Harris Consult with Scholars like Charles Anthon?
Still Image from Roman Plates Exhibit
2 Nephi 27:17
KnoWhy #541
December 12, 2019
Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals?
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
2 Nephi 27:19
KnoWhy #397
January 9, 2018
Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon?
Translation setting in the restored home of Joseph and Emma Smith via Church History Website
2 Nephi 27:23
KnoWhy #273
February 10, 2017
Why Did the Book of Mormon Come Forth as a Miracle?
Agreement with Isaac Hale from the Joseph Smith Papers
2 Nephi 27:26
KnoWhy #506
March 15, 2019
Why Is the Timing of the Book of Mormon’s Translation So “Marvelous”?
“Joseph with the Seer Stone” by Gary Ernest Smith via foursquareart.com
2 Nephi 27:26
KnoWhy #538
October 31, 2019
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
Left, a painting of Joseph in Egypt by an unknown painter. Right, a drawing of Joseph Smith by Dan Weggeland. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2 Nephi 27:30
KnoWhy #722
March 12, 2024
How Does Nephi Connect the Name Joseph to Prophecies of the Latter Days?
Prospect of the City of New York. Image via the JCB Library.
2 Nephi 28:3–4
KnoWhy #589
January 5, 2021
Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith’s Day?
The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain by Duccio di Buoninsegna
2 Nephi 28:21
KnoWhy #55
March 16, 2016
How Does the Devil Lead Us Astray?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 28:30
KnoWhy #292
March 27, 2017
Why Did Nephi Say That People Had to Learn Things Line Upon Line?
“Translating with Martin” by Anthony Sweat
2 Nephi 29:8
KnoWhy #542
December 19, 2019
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 9: Above All, Were These Words Given by the Gift and Power of God?
The Prophet Ezekiel holding the records of two nations. Artwork by Lyle Beddes, via LDS Seminary Files.
2 Nephi 29:8
KnoWhy #56
March 17, 2016
Why Is There a Need for the Testimony of Two Nations?
Romania Sister Missionaries via lds.org
2 Nephi 30:3
KnoWhy #288
March 17, 2017
What Role Does the Book of Mormon Play in Missionary Work?
First Gabon Baptisms, photo by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2 Nephi 30:6
KnoWhy #57
March 18, 2016
What Does it Mean to be a White and Delightsome People?
Elder Alma Taylor, Heber J. Grant, and Fellow Missionaries via Gospel Media Library
2 Nephi 30:8
KnoWhy #524
July 12, 2019
The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese
Joseph Translating by Anthony Sweat
2 Nephi 31:3
KnoWhy #258
January 6, 2017
Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
John the Baptist Baptizing Jesus by Greg K. Olsen
2 Nephi 31:6–7
KnoWhy #59
March 22, 2016
What is the Purpose of Baptism in the Book of Mormon?
O Jerusalem by Greg Olsen
2 Nephi 31:21
KnoWhy #58
March 21, 2016
What is the Doctrine of Christ?
A granite monument depicting the god Amun, Ramesses II, & the goddess Mut from the Temple of Amun in Thebes. Image by Mark Cartwright, courtesy World History Encyclopedia, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
2 Nephi 31:21
KnoWhy #723
March 19, 2024
Why Does the Book of Mormon Have Trinitarian-Sounding Statements?
Speaking with the Tongue of Angels. The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism by Gustave Dore.
2 Nephi 32:2
KnoWhy #60
March 23, 2016
What is it to Speak with the Tongue of Angels?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 32:3
KnoWhy #306
April 28, 2017
How Can One “Feast upon the Words of Christ”?
Still Image from “Nephi Teaches the Doctrine of Christ” via Gospel Media Library
2 Nephi 32:4–6
KnoWhy #552
March 3, 2020
How Does the Doctrine of Christ Relate to the Ancient Temple?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 32:8–9
KnoWhy #298
April 10, 2017
Why Must One Pray Always to Endure to the End?
The Second Coming by Harry Anderson
2 Nephi 33:6
KnoWhy #61
March 24, 2016
Why Did Nephi End His Sacred Record with His Testimony of the Redeemer?
Jeffrey R. Holland
2 Nephi 33:11
KnoWhy #2
January 2, 2016
An Apostle's Witness
“Lehi and the Brass Plates” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
Jacob 1:7
KnoWhy #533
September 26, 2019
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 5: How Often Were Scriptures on the Plates of Brass the Common Source?